But there are secrets untold and motivations that differ, keeping their partnership in question, not to mention ability to catch a killer on the run. Tubbs identifies himself as Rafael, given assignment to track Calderone, prompting Crockett’s Lieutenant ( Gregory Sierra) to have the two work together. He chases him to Miami, posing as a Jamaican buyer and runs afoul of Sonny Crockett ( Don Johnson), a vice detective hunting a Colombian drug lord named Calderone ( Miguel Piñero).
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The series itself would run for five seasons, win numerous awards, shift popular culture, and make household names of its stars, but it was this special two-hour event that laid the groundwork, proved the concept and the formula, then kicked off one of the most successful runs in TV history.Ĭreated by Anthony Yerkovich, who wrote the episode, Brother’s Keeper begins in New York City, where a detective named Tubbs ( Philip Michael Thomas) hunts a drug dealer responsible for killing his partner. I’m talking of course about the pilot episode of NBC’s cop drama Miami Vice. While the impact might not have been immediate, the ripples are still generating influence decades later. I don’t say that lightly or with any sense of hyperbole.
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